0 present participle of lasso --
1 to catch an animal by throwing the ring of a lasso over its head and then tightening it around its neck --
Spiders use a wide range of strategies to capture prey: trapping it in sticky webs, lassoing it with sticky bolas, mimicking the prey to avoid detection, or running it down.
This festival features a week-long tournament of bull riding, cattle wrestling, lassoing, calf casting, post driving, carabao racing and a host of other rodeo games.
The process involves lassoing a wild elephant from the back of a trained one, called a "koonki".
The program includes horseshoes, tomahawk throwing, a blacksmith forge, lassoing cattle and even a bucking bronco.
Several cast members had to receive formal training on horseback riding, gunslinging, and lassoing.
Or the village youth would take delight in lassoing the sprinting bulls with vadam (rope).
To capture prey they either jump onto it or use their legs in a technique described as lassoing.
